Any Government Will Work If Authority And Responsibility Are Equal And Coordinate.

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Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and
coordinate. This does not insure "good" government; it simply insures
that it will work. But such governments are rare--most people want to
run things but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the
"backseat-driver syndrome."
-- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love"

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